Hosting its biggest group of students yet, Klima Eskwela capped off a successful 2024 run with a visit to the Camarines Norte State College (CNSC). Klima Eskwela aims to make advocates out of the youth. Its lectures were designed to leverage students’ experience with global warming and, in...
A $100-million financing backed by the China-based Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) is eyeing climate transition investments in the Philippines and other Asia-Pacific countries. In a Sept. 30 statement, the AIIB noted that three-fourths of the total commitment, or $75 million, is for the...
The Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) is planning to construct offshore wind (OSW) energy projects in some of strategic ports in the country—the three priority areas are Batangas, Camarines Norte and Ilocos Norte. PPA General Manager Jay Daniel Santiago said they are now coordinating with...
Financing, mainly borrowings, for Philippine climate change mitigation and adaptation projects hit a record-high $3.131 billion (over P174 billion) in 2023. The 2023 Joint Report on Multilateral Development Banks' (MDBs) Climate Finance published by the European Investment Bank (EIB) this month...
Climate change is real, but many people are still ignoring it. People should start taking climate change more seriously as it is not a problem that will resolve itself. Climate change is more serious than the recent Covid pandemic. These statements coming from the President days ago should prompt...
President Marcos has urged the public to not belittle the impact of climate change, saying the Philippines is already experiencing its effects. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Noel Pabalate) Marcos said this in a taped message for a climate change summit in Pasay City on Wednesday...
A wastepicker walks past on a pile of garbage at a landfill in Depok on the outskirts of Jakarta, Indonesia, May 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana, File) The amount and proportion of the powerful heat-trapping gas methane that humans spew into the atmosphere is rising, helping to turbocharge...
The World Bank is committed to extend to the Philippines more loans, possibly blended with grants to slash interest costs, in order to bankroll flood control as well as climate change mitigation and adaptation projects as extreme weather poses a bigger threat to Filipino lives and livelihoods....
Meralco PowerGen Corporation (MGen), the power generation investment arm of Manila Electric Company (Meralco), is seeking certification from the Department of Energy (DOE) as it is now inclined to rejoin the country’s ‘king coal club’ for its 1,200-megawatt Atimonan power plant project that...
The Department of Energy (DOE) will integrate cybersecurity in the planned modification of policy frameworks that shall underpin resiliency assessment and rating system for various power facilities in the country. Energy Undersecretary Felix William Fuentebella indicated that the energy resiliency...
The Philippines stands at a pivotal moment in its urban development. Rapidly expanding cities hold immense promise but face severe challenges: crippling traffic congestion, hazardous air pollution, and inadequate transportation options. These issues mirror a global imperative to forge cities that...
The Philippines is set to secure a $500 million loan from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to support its climate action initiatives, the Department of Finance (DOF) announced. During a meeting with Finance Secretary Ralph G. Recto, ADB President Asakawa stated that they are finalizing the approval...
